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×
7A
472
× 8
1A
1B
1C
85 595
9,876÷6
1D
4 151
7÷4
8B
−
9A
2B
211.71
+ 47.15
3A
2C
578.263
+ 58.316
3B
$8.13
× 6
2D
$52.96
− 1.82
3C
59 × 6.8
4B
7 9.24
5A
8.921
− 3.234
6582
− 4783
3E
5B
5C
6C
5D
8 4 . 64
5E
7
−7
6D
14 ÷ 2
−
6× 9
11 × 0
9E
−
−
−
48 ÷ −7
20 ÷ 5
1% of 200 =
10C
What is
100% of 72?
11B
10D
What
percent of
12 is 3?
11C
30% of
8% of 100 =
?
10E
25% of
?
= 10
11D
What
percent of
14 is 7?
What
percent of
400 is 200?
11E
What is
100% of 29?
What
percent of
100 is 35?
4E
6 59.4
8
− 3
+
6B
4D
−
9D
−
17 ÷ 1
10B
11A
9.8
× 4.5
1.6 × 8.2
3 2.94
4 9 .8
+
6A
4C
8E
−
8× 7
9C
= 27
4A
8D
17 − −3
8÷5
2E
3D
52.8
× 2.48
4 −6
−
−
100 ÷ 25
10A
2A
8C
9B
7E
−
12 + 0
12 × 4
÷
7D
−
−
13 −6
÷
7C
3 + −3
7+2
−
1E
×
7B
−
8A
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82
47
63 × 74
652 × 23
× 6
× 561
×
−
6E
12A
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
8A
9A
10A
11A
12A
12B
3,776
1,646
258.86
$48.78
1.32
1
3 ⁄4
1⁄24
-5
-19
-4
2
8
1B
2B
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
9B
10B
11B
12B
12C
4,662
7
636.579
401.2
2.45
1
2 ⁄9
1⁄6
0
-48
-17
72
90
1C
2C
3C
4C
5C
6C
7C
8C
9C
10C
11C
12C
12D
492
37.75
$51.14
130.944
0.98
41⁄4
7⁄36
-12
-56
-7
25%
50%
1D
2D
3D
4D
5D
6D
7D
8D
9D
10D
11D
12D
12E
26,367
1 3⁄4
5.687
13.12
9.9
3⁄7
2
-10
54
4
40
29
1E
2E
3E
4E
5E
6E
7E
8E
9E
10E
11E
12E
14,996
1.6
1,799
44.10
0.58
5⁄12
1 1⁄12
20
0
6 6⁄7
50%
35%
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1. Which symbol goes in the space
to make the number sentence true?
63 ___ 7 < 14
A.
B.
C.
D.
×
+
÷
−
2. Which fraction is less than 2/3 and
greater than 1/3?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1/7
4/5
1/2
2/9
3. How many of the numbers below
round to 72.1?
71.29
A.
B.
C.
D.
72.08
72.43 71.91
4
1
0
2
4. Which of these is another way to
write3 ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4×4×4
3×3×3×3
3+3+3+3
3×4
5. The bill for a meal at a restaurant
is $17.00. If you tip 15%, how much
will the tip be?
A.
B.
C.
D.
$1.50
$2.55
$1.70
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6. A window-cleaning crew begins
work on a building at 7:15 a.m. on
Thursday. They can finish the job in
three and a half hours. If they take a
15 minute break, when will they
finish?
A.
B.
C.
D.
11:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:15 p.m.
7. Stefanie drives from Laramie to
Denver. She stops in Ft. Collins for
lunch. The driving time between
Laramie and Ft. Collins is 3 hours; the
driving time between Ft. Collins and
Denver is 2 hours. What fraction of
total driving time is the trip from Fort
Collins to Denver?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2/7
3/7
2/5
3/5
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.25
0.825
0.00825
0.0825
11. Which of these numbers has a
greater place value in the hundreds
than 4392.247?
A.
B.
C.
D.
125,152
4,293.247
292
9,487.4
12. Which of these numbers should
go in the box to make the equation
true?
9 2 +8 2×3
8. The scale on a map of Colorado is
1 inch equals 200 miles. What is the
distance between two towns that are
4.5 inches apart on the map?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10. If tax rate is 8.25%, which
number would you multiply $10.00 by
to determine the total tax on a $10.00
purchase?
950 miles
900 miles
800 miles
850 miles
9. Which of the following are
properties of the number 18?
A. a multiple of 36 and factor of 9
B. a factor of 36 and multiple of 9
C. a factor of 36 and 4
D. a multiple of 3 and factor of 9
3
7
⎕
A. 9
B. 11
C. 4
D. 10
13. Martha paid $320.00 for four
new tires. If the tax is 8.3%, which of
these numbers should Martha
multiply $320.00 by to find the total
tax?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.83
8.3
0 .0083
0.083
14. Which shapes have two sets of
parallel lines?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rhombus, trapezoid, square
Square, rectangle, rhombus
Trapezoid, rhombus, rectangle
Rectangle, square, trapezoid
15. Which point on the number line
is a number greater than 7.5 and less
than 9.2?
A.
B.
C.
D.
point P
point Q
point R
point S
16. What is the value of k in the
equation14 5
?
A. 19
B. 9
C.
8
D.
8
17. When Sabine makes lemonade
she squeezes the lemons and then
adds water, sugar, and ice. She needs
3 parts lemon juice to 7 parts water.
She has 6 cups of lemon juice. How
much water does she need?
A. 12 cups
B. 10 cups
C. 14 cups
D. 21 cups
$3.40
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18. What is the next number in the
sequence?
The graph below represents Blake’s yearly grade point average (GPA) through four years of
high school and two years of college.
Blake’s Yearly GPA
2, 3, 5, 8, 12...
A.
B.
C.
D.
15
25
17
14
19. Justice works 40 hours per week
for $11.00 per hour. She earns $17.00
per hour for every hour of overtime
after 40 hours. If she made $474.00
last week, how many hours did she
work?
A. 51 hours
B. 57 hours
C. 42 hours
D. 40 hours
20. Which shape is not
represented?
= 4 cm
= 6 cm
= 5 cm
21. Which segments are perpendicular?
A.
B.
C.
D.
and
and
and
and
22. If a line is drawn between points B
and D, what will be the area (A) of
triangle BDC? (A = bh)
A. 10 cm2
B. 24 cm
C. 12 cm2
24. Blake’s best GPA was in year:
A.
B.
C.
D.
D. 24 cm2
2013
2010
2012
2009
25. By what percentage did Blake’s GPA
increase from 2008 to 2011?
23. The octagon has eight equal sides.
One side measures 4 inches. What is the
perimeter of the octagon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rhombus
Hexagon
Trapezoid
Parallelogram
A. 2 feet and 8 inches
B. 2 feet
C. 2 feet and 6 inches
D. 34 inches
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B.
C.
D.
50%
5%
20%
0.20%
26. Blake’s GPA was 1.25 points
higher in 2012 than it was in:
A.
B.
C.
D.
2011
2010
2013
2008
27. Blake’s lowest yearly GPA was
the year he broke his foot dancing the
rumba. What year did Blake break his
foot?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2011
2010
2012
2008
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34. Choose which figure matches the
following net (pattern)?
37. Laura can try on six pairs of boots in
an hour. If she arrives early at the boot
sale at Nordstrom’s and she wants to try
on 8 pairs of boots, how long will it take
her?
A.
B.
C.
D.
28. Lydia purchases a mixer for
$275.00. If the tax is $24.46, about
how much is her down payment?
30. If Lydia pays off the balance in
six months, what is her approximate
monthly payment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
$27.50
$30.00
$3.00
$2.75
$48.82
$54.00
$30.00
$45.00
29. Which of these reflects the
information needed to determine
Lydia’s total cost over the six-month
period?
31. If Lydia purchases an optional
extended warranty for $48.00, what
is total cost of Lydia’s mixer,
including tax?
A. cost of mixer, tax, down payment
B. mixer brand, mixer cost, tax
C. down payment, interest rate, cost
of mixer
D. interest rate, mixer brand, down
payment
A.
B.
C.
D.
32. The number 45,432 rounded to
the nearest thousand is:
33. Connie eats tater tots at a rate of 7
per minute. At this rate, how long will it
take her to eat 63 tater tots?
A.
B.
C.
D.
50,000
45,400
45,000
45,430
A.
B.
C.
D.
$38.00
$300.00
$347.46
$348.00
38. Which of these is a false statement
about angle A?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
35. How many faces (sides) does this
shape have?
9 minutes
7 minutes
63 minutes
36 minutes
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1 hour
1 hour and 40 minutes
40 minutes
1 hour and 20 minutes
A.
B.
C.
D.
3
1
4
5
36. A right angle is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
45o
180o
90o
360o
A.
B.
C.
D.
Angle A is not a right angle.
Angle A is greater than 90 degrees.
Angle A is greater than angle C.
Angle A is less than 90 degrees.
39. Martha is painting her kitchen walls
pink. If there are 175 square feet of wall
area to be painted, what other
information is needed to determine how
many cans of paint Martha needs to buy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The cost of a gallon of paint
the total drying time
the area covered by one can of paint
the time to paint one wall
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46. Visitors at the Denver Zoo can ride the train for $2.00 each. The table below shows the
percentage of visitors by month who rode the train over the summer.
June
65%
MONTH
PERCENT
40. The overlapping figures above
form which set of shapes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rectangle and two triangles
Rectangle, triangle and rhombus
Two triangles and a parallelogram
Pyramid, triangle and rectangle
41. This table shows the number of
preschools in Denver, Adams, and
Douglas Counties.
County
Denver
Adams
Douglas
Jefferson
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adams and Denver Counties
Adams and Jefferson Counties
Denver and Jefferson Counties
Douglas and Adams Counties
42. A large latte at Emily’s café costs
$3.19, including tax. The cost of five
lattes will be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
More than $20
More than $15 and less than $16
Less than $12
More than $12 and less than $15
August
5%
43. What is the most complete
description of ALL seven angles in the
shape?
A. One right angle; three 45° angles; one
obtuse angle
B. One right angle; three 45° angles
C. Two right angles; three 45° angles;
one obtuse angle
D. Two right angles; two 45° angles
Which graph best shows the percent of visitors riding the train over the summer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Preschools
785
429
518
589
According to the table, which two
counties combined have the highest
number of preschools?
July
30%
Chart 1
Chart 1 and Chart 2
Chart 3
Chart 2
44. How many planes of symmetry can
bisect the figure above?
47. A salon owner wants to find out which was the busiest day of the week of March 3. The
table below includes the data gathered. The salon is closed Sundays.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a.m. customers
p.m. customers
4
3
0
1
Tuesday
4
5
Wednesday
3
8
Thursday
5
10
Friday
7
12
Saturday
12
17
During the week of March 3, what was the salon’s afternoon customer average?
45. A point is formed by:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Monday
3
2
Segment and a ray
Two intersecting perpendicular lines
A chord and an angle
Two parallel lines
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B.
C.
D.
8.5 customers
9 customers
2 to 17 customers
17 customers
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The EGTC women’s roller derby team is working hard to become faster skaters. They posted
the following times during lap practice last Thursday:
PLAYER
Mebrat
Roselin
Zewdinesh
Tuyet
Askalu
Tsega
Lendo
Seblmariam
Yingmei
Virginie
48. Eight of the team members are
studying in the EGTC College of Health
Sciences. If you select a player at
random, what is the chance the student
will be enrolled in the EGTC College of
Health Sciences?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9/10
1/5
4/5
5/8
Flour (Cups)
Loaves
6
2
18
6
21
7
?
30
50. The bakers in EGTC’s Culinary Arts
Program determine the number of loaves
of bread baked by the cups of flour used.
Based on the table above, how many cups
of flour will be needed to bake 30 loaves?
A.
B.
C.
D.
90 cups
10 cups
15 cups
300 cups
TIME IN
MINUTES
PER 25 LAPS
12.25
12.80
13.70
11.63
11.11
10.26
9.23
14.89
14.42
8.89
52. An EGTC instructor would like to
find out how many quizzes students
prefer during a six week class. Which of
these sample groups would give the
most information?
A. first year community college
students
B. students in the instructor’s current
class
C. last year’s students
D. people selected at random
1
D = number of drinks
3
4
A. Rhombus, square, trapezoid,
slantoid
B. Rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid,
parallelogram
C. Rectangle, trapezoid, square,
rhombus
D. Parallelogram, square, rhombus,
trapezoid
54. Which of these numbers is the
same as 78,225.6894 rounded to the
nearest thousandth?
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56. The total cost (T) of a buffet dinner for
a family of six (two adults and four children)
can be represented by the equation:
C = number of children
53. Name the shapes in order:
A. 1, 2, and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 3
D. 2 and 3
24₵ + 15₵ + 6₵ − $1.25
C 0.24 + 0.15 + 0.06 − 1.25
1.25C
1.25C − 0.15C − 0.06C − 0.24C
A = number of adults
D. The average of all times posted
1. All angles add up to 150◦
2. It must have three sides
3. All triangles have three angles
A.
B.
C.
D.
) = 15 + 8 + 2*
49. Virginie posted her best time ever
on Thursday. Which of the following
best describes Virginie’s time?
A. In the slowest half of all times
posted
B. In the bottom 50% of all times
posted
C. In the top 20% of times posted
51. Which of the following is true about
a triangle?
55. Emily’s Café charges $1.25 for a small
coffee. The café pays 15₵ per cup and 6₵
per lid. The cost of the coffee is 24₵. Which
equation represents the café’s profit on
small coffees sold if C equals the number of
cups sold?
A.
B.
C.
D.
78,225.689
78,225.69
78,000
7800
If the family purchases six meals and four
drinks, what will the total be?
A.
B.
C.
D.
$74.00
$98.00
$25.00
$70.00
57. The following equation describes how
many pencils (P) the EGTC Testing Center
needs each day based upon the number of
students (S) testing:
!=2 "
12
If 49 students test on Monday, how many
pencils are needed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
63
110
59
53
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The table below shows the number of national parks in six individual states. It also gives the total
number of visitors to all parks in each state in 2014.
Figure 1
State
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Oregon
New Mexico
Arizona
Figure 2
Figure 1: 12 units long by 6 units high
Figure 2: 4 units long by 2 units high
58. What is the perimeter of the
shaded area?
A.
B.
C.
D.
59. Paul wants to purchase a complete set
of books by Marcel Proust. The set costs
$180.00. He has saved + of the cost. How
much does he still need to save?
A.
B.
C.
D.
$45.00
$90.00
$66.00
$60.00
60. On Tuesday, the sun rises at 5:45 a.m.
and sets at 7:15 p.m. How much time passes
between sunrise and sunset?
A.
B.
C.
D.
72 units
36 units
40 units
28 units
National Parks and Visitors per State - 2014
Parks
4
2
2
1
1
2
62. About how many fewer park visitors
were there in 2014 in the state of
Montana than in the state of Colorado.
A.
B.
C.
D.
330,000
4,060,506
30,300
400, 000
Visitors
4,391,133
6,304,876
4,060,506
535,508
397,309
6,267,142
64. How many national parks visitors were
there in Oregon on 2014?
A.
B.
C.
D.
535,500
535,508
4,060,506
6,267,142
61. Which of the following are parts of a
circle?
63. What is the average number of
national parks in these states?
65. If twice as many people visit the
national park in New Mexico in 2015 as in
2014, about how many people will visit?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Diameter
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
All
2, 3, and 4
None
2 and 5
Radius
Circumference
Center
3
1/2
12
2
1,000,000
200,000
800,000
80,000
Arc
66. To transform shape 1 into shape 2, what
must be done?
Shape 1
11 hours and 30 minutes
12 hours 45 minutes
13 hours 30 minutes
11 hours 45 minutes
Shape 2
Line 1
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A. Reflect it across line 1 and rotate it 90
degrees on the vertical axis
B. Rotate it across line 1 and rotate it 90
degrees on the horizontal axis
C. Reflect it across line 1 and rotate it 180
degrees on the vertical axis
D. Reflect it across line 1 and rotate it 180
degrees on the horizontal axis
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EGTC’s Event Planning students are working with the Cake Decorating students
to provide cake, tables, and chairs for everyone attending a fundraiser for the
college. Together the students determine that the number of people attending
will be 60. They also determine that one cake will serve 12 people and that 10
people can be seated at each table.
Parking Garages Built in Downtown Denver
2009 - 2013
71. If each cake costs $8.00 to make,
how much will the total cost be for
cake?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2009
2010
67. If construction growth continues at
about the same pace, the number of
garages built in 2014 will be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
less than 2011
greater than 2012 and less than 2013
greater than 2013
about the same
2011
A.
B.
C.
D.
secant
radius
bisector
diameter
A. 40
B. 15
C. 5
D. 10
A
70. Line A represents the:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
$5.00
$50.00
$30.00
$20.00
2013
68. How many more garages were
built in 2013 than in 2011?
A
69. Line A represents the:
2012
$96.00
$40.00
$48.00
$8.00
72. The rental cost for each table is
$25, plus a 20% delivery fee. How
much will the delivery fee be for all
the tables rented?
arc
radius
diameter
chord
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
C
C
B
B
B
A
C
B
A
10.
D
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
D
A
D
B
C
C
C
C
C
B
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
D
C
A
C
C
D
D
A
A
D
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
C
C
A
B
C
C
D
D
C
C
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
C
B
C
D
B
A
B
C
C
A
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
D
C
B
A
D
D
B
C
D
C
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
A
A
D
B
C
D
C
D
B
C
71.
72.
B
C
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